Typographic machine.



PATENTBD OCT. 23,1906

No. 334.123.v

A. GREENLBAP. TYPOGRAPHIG MACHINE;

urmonron FILED JULY 25, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE, I

ABNER GREENLEAF, or

I MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSLIGNOR TO COMPANY, osnnw YORK, N. Y., w

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

No. 834,123. l

fYPOGRAPHlC MIACITIINEJ I Specification of Letters Patent:

. Patented Oct. 23, 190 1 1 Application filed 11117 25, 1904. Serial No; 218,000-

To all whdnt it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER GREENLEAF,-&

' citizen of the, UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographic Machines, of which the following isa specification. p I

This inventionrelates. to typographic machines. In such machines the type or mate rices are often arran ed on their sides in the magazines, and it is esirable to turn them so .tion with which l I magazine and a funnel 2 and 3 are-simil-arsectiona tubes onchannels of sustained in their channe that they will stand on their feet or ends when assembled. I

-,The present invention relates to assembling mechanism havin means for turning the type or matrices as tliey descend from the ma azme. I

he invention will be described in connecthe accompanying drawings, in

portion of a for directingthe type or matrices to the assemblingoint and Figs. views, on an operation of Figure 1 is a sectional view of a the mvention. I

In the followin specification, the .term type wilPbe use in a sense broad enough to include either ordinary type or matrices enlarged scale, illustrating the such as are used inlinotype-and other composing-machines. I

Re erring to the drawings, 10 indicates the a magazine M, and t indicates ithe type,which, as shown, are arranged t'olrest on their sides in the channels. The ',t 5 e may be sustained in the magazine and' .-dll livered therefrom by any suitable means; Asshown, the type are normally ls y angle bars or pieces 11 which are connected to pivoted arms 12. Beneath the series of channels is a bar. 13, having a series of openings 14,

throutgh-which the type may pass, and a se mentor delivery signed that but one angle-bar shall be'moved om normal position-under its channel at a 7 channel to angle bar or retainer 11 at the nes o shelves or PIOJGOtlOIlS 15, on which the type rest temporarily when the angle-bars 11 are withdrawn. In the particular escapemechanism shown it is detime, thus permitting the type from but one be Withdrawn w en the escapement-bar13'1s reciprocated. As shown, the

rmally held in the Z1116. ada}pted to rock about an axis 23, concentric particular maga.;--

I he

assume a' .gnore or left in Fig. 1 is withdrawn fromlthe mouth of the channel while the remaining retainers are in normal position. The escapementI-bar 13 may be a spring 17 and rocked. in the other direction by a rod 18, which may be opp ger key .or power in any suita lemanner.

rated by. a fin operated by the elbow-lever 16, which is norposition shown in Fig.- lbyi,

. Beneath the escapement-bar 13 -is a 'part 19,. havinga' circular lower surface '20 and a series of ty e-cha'nnels 21, through which the type may all when released from the maga- Beneath the part. 19 is a funnel22,

wit the surface 20. The

zine illustrated. has four channelsfor upper:

case typeand four channels for lower-case tyipe, and. the funnel 22 has two branches, one a a pted to receive upper-case and the other.,.

The channels 21 are'eithe'r may be necessary to' conduct the typeto the funnel. The funnel os'ition in full lines position in dotted lines. een proposed to turn the lower-case type. straight or curved, as

bystrikinga shelf or lateral per end of the-funnel. This pe may slide over it and 'ess vertical position as they pass tlnough the funnel. Should a type be jammed in the funnel, the latter may be tilted forward until its channels are in front of-the part 19 and open for inspection. It will be obvious that the funnel illustrated is adapted to guide type from any one of the magazine-channels to the assembling-point adjacent the trunnion or pivot 23. t

igs. 2'and 3.

The operation of the invention is illus-- trated in In Fig. 2 the escape merit-bar is shown in its forward thia shelf 15 sustaining the type in t ne position, e chany curved and. inclined down- When the bar is drawn to its rearward e sometimes becarnpfl iammed in theYchan l .85 to the present invention the ough the channels 21 without; are turned in the upper position, as shown in Fig. 3, the type drops into the opening 14. When the escapementbar is returned to its normal position, (shown in Fig. 2,) the opening 14 registers with the opening 21 and the type drops through the opening 21 into the funnel.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, one end of the type strikes the shoulder or lateral wall 24 and the type is thus turned by gravity and drops end foremost through the funnel.

It will be obvious that changes in, the mechanical details of the invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus the lateral shelf or support 24 for turning the type might be arranged lower in the funnel than illustrated, and a single instead of a double funnel might be .used. The double funnel is preferred, because it requires a shorter adjustment than the single funnel for the same range of work.

It will be understood that each of the typechannels shown in Fig. 1 is but one of a series forming a section of the magazine.

One of the advantages of the invention not heretofore mentioned is that a single turning device suflices for the corresponding types of a plurality of fonts.

, Having described my invention, What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In an assembling mechanism for a typographic machine, the combination with a plurality of type-channels and with means. for discharging the type sidewise from said channels, of a funnel movable to receive type respectively from a plurality of said channels, the said funnel being provided with means for turning the type and guiding them endwise to the assembler.

2. In an assembling mechanism for typographic machines, the combination with a plurality of type-channels and'means for discharging type sidewise therefrom, of a funnel adapted to receive type from a plurality of said channels, the said funnel being movable to cooperate with different channels and being provided with a shoulder adapted to turn the type as they pass therethrough.

3 The combination with a-magazine and an-escapement device, of a funnel provided with means for turning the type as they pass through it, the said funnel being movable to permit of inspection of itschzinnels.

4. The combinatio'riwith a magazine and an escapement device, of a pivotally-mounted funnel provided with means for turning the type as they pass through it.

5. The combination with a magazine and an escapement device, of a pivota ly-m-ounted. funnel having two branches, each branch being provided with a lateral wall or shoulder adapted to intercept one endofieach type wherebythe type are turned as they-pass through the funnel.

In testimony whereof I havesigned-my name to this specification in'the presence of twosubscri-bingwitnesses.

- ABNER GREENIJEAF.

Witnesses: Geo-B. GAMMIE,

CLARENCE R. TUCKER. 

